Early atherosclerosis and Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in the coronary arteries

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-46

  Hortoványi, Eszter ^a   Illyiés, György ^a   Kádár, Anna ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Early; Hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL DENSITY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0038585170     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03033713     Document Type: Article

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